home

if you have ever seen 'Under the Tuscan Sun' then this post will be somewhat familiar to you. new houses are always surreal and empty upon purchase and then once you start to grow in them, they become something that you have never expected. giving a sense of 'home' in unfamiliar surroundings and old appliances with more bugs than you can count.


"introduce yourself slowly one room at a time, allow the house time to introduce itself to you"

it explains it all and says so little.

sometimes pictures aren't always taken well

in an attempt to "re-capture" what it was like to register for wedding gifts, for the website of course, on the way home I was trying to get a picture of what we looked like after it was all done. Needless to say, my Melon was uncooperative and trying to have a little bit of "fun" at my expense. That "fun" being jerking the car before the shutter went off... ultimatley making me look stupid. Hope you enjoy some of the outtakes... courtesy of Melon.

YAY for houses and new beginnings!

Come Tuesday it will be official... we are getting the house! YAY!!! That means that I will be shipping off those hideous gold velvet curtains and perusing the local thrifts for wonderful used furniture and shabby chic inspired decor to fill the walls and rooms.

Yesterday we went and updated some of our wedding registries and I will let you know that Crate and Barrel apparently has a "no camera" rule in the store. I'm somewhat confused by this ruling because of the fact that if I want a picture of furniture and what have you, I can always get them ONLINE. Apparently they forgot that there is online shopping as well that gives all sorts of wonderful pictures of the products that they carry. Very interesting I must say.

Either way... We're getting a house!! I can't wait to pick out paint and new kitchen appliances.

Oh and a small update for the Friday the 13th post. We never got the chance to see the movie and is the second failed attempt, haha! We are going to try and see a matinée of the flick, so we'll see what happens. Hopefully I will see that effin movie today!


p.s. I made mini muffins today, they are delicious!

Friday the 13th

Spooky!!

i had to work. and tonight we're going to watch that movie 'the strangers'. watch out for the rain storms too...

never again

let me tell you how wonderful a 1998 VW Passat is people. in the entire year and about 4 or 5 months that i have owned this piece of shit, some of the crap that's gone wrong with it consists of;

1. new boots (whatever the hell those are, but apparently without them my wheels can snap off)

2. driver side butt warmer has gone out (which in my opinion is the important one considering who really sits in the passenger side)

3. gasoline ventilation valve (which still needs to be fixed i might add, without it my car stalls out after filling up. but that has been happening since day 1)

4. left rear light doesn't come on (i have a one sided butt on the car)

5. no cruise control (due to a short)

6. sometimes the gas door won't open (due to another short, they're probably related)

7. blinkers and hazards failed (the most recent of the mess happened last tuesday , couldn't take it in until friday)

8. 2 oil leaks (that's right. not 1 but 2! one is the oil pan under the car and the second is in the engine and in the winter time i get to breath in the fumes of oil burning off my engine)

9. the under carriage protector thingy is gone... due to the snow storm last winter. (it's the plastic cover under the front of the car that's supposed protect the oil filter and all that crap) --> although it's kinda my fault that it's gone, but i'm not gonna admit that.

so there you have it. no more Passats for me! although anyone who really knows me knows that i'm completely lying and that i would totally buy another VW. i kinda want a golf, or a rabbit. i'm not going to anytime soon considering that my car still isn't paid off yet.

i hate cars. except Honda's. i love them!

i think i'm losing my mind

it is currently 4:45am. the weather is wonderfully rainy and I have been up since 1 am studying for physiology, or what the university likes to call EEOB 232. to keep myself from going crazy, i just went outside and planted my basil. Ha! i hope no one saw me... it's pretty weird seeing a little gnome in pj's planting this early in the morning. i can't wait for that good 'ol nap in my car... it's a coming!

hello

and goodbye.

there is a farmer's market in the alley today. you best believe i replaced by dead basil with a live one and a pulled pork sammich. oh and hats off to sarah for giving me that milk found downstairs. i've been reading the carton and it looks as though it's going to be pretty tasty!

it's rainy, we've decided to go full force with the house after a brief consideration, and i have two exams in the next 12 hours + or -. you know how that shit goes.


wish me luck.

hello.